Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-07 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() > >instead of md5". > >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) > > to ...maybe NIS ? I use NIS with md5, no compatibility problems at all as long as all

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-07 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() instead > >of md5". > >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) > > to ...maybe NIS ? I use NIS with md5, no compatibility problems at all as long as all

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-07 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Sunday, 2003-12-07 at 00:58:59 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >Can't be NIS. NIS will transport any password style faithfully. Of > >course the master server must support MD5 passwords if you change your > >password and the passwd command sends an MD5 password to the > >yppasswordd. > I've hea

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-07 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Sunday, 2003-12-07 at 00:58:59 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >Can't be NIS. NIS will transport any password style faithfully. Of > >course the master server must support MD5 passwords if you change your > >password and the passwd command sends an MD5 password to the > >yppasswordd. > I've hea

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, >Can't be NIS. NIS will transport any password style faithfully. Of >course the master server must support MD5 passwords if you change your >password and the passwd command sends an MD5 password to the >yppasswordd. I've heard about non-Linux NIS client (for example, solaris8 and SFU - Win

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, >Can't be NIS. NIS will transport any password style faithfully. Of >course the master server must support MD5 passwords if you change your >password and the passwd command sends an MD5 password to the >yppasswordd. I've heard about non-Linux NIS client (for example, solaris8 and SFU - Win

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2003-12-06 at 17:03:02 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() > >instead of md5". > >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) > to ...maybe NIS ? > # if the reason why using crypt is NIS com

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Friday, 2003-12-05 at 20:39:16 +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > >> Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some > >> mixed > >> ones. > > Why? Because it uses DES and DES uses 56 bit keys. Eight 7 bit chars > > give you exact

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() >instead of md5". >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) to ...maybe NIS ? # if the reason why using crypt is NIS compatibility, people who uses NIS system is not so many, so I think i

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2003-12-06 at 17:03:02 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() instead > >of md5". > >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) > to ...maybe NIS ? > # if the reason why using crypt is NIS com

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Friday, 2003-12-05 at 20:39:16 +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > >> Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed > >> ones. > > Why? Because it uses DES and DES uses 56 bit keys. Eight 7 bit chars > > give you exactly 56

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-06 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, >i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to use unsecure crypt() instead of >md5". >But I can think of something like "compatibility" (to what?) :) to ...maybe NIS ? # if the reason why using crypt is NIS compatibility, people who uses NIS system is not so many, so I think i

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed >> ones. > > Why? Because it uses DES and DES uses 56 bit keys. Eight 7 bit chars > give you exactly 56 bits... *lol* i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to us

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed >> ones. > > Why? Because it uses DES and DES uses 56 bit keys. Eight 7 bit chars > give you exactly 56 bits... *lol* i was talking about "i dont know why it is default to us

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Lupe Christoph
Quoting Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. > Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed > ones. Why? Because it us

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Lupe Christoph
Quoting Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. > Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed > ones. Why? Because it us

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Riku Valli
- Original Message - From: "Ruben Porras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: Re: extrange passwd behaviour El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:05, Kevin escribió: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of th

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-05 Thread Riku Valli
- Original Message - From: "Ruben Porras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: Re: extrange passwd behaviour El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:05, Kevin escribiÃ: > > I've discovered that login, sudo,

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:05, Kevin escribió: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) > > If you are not using md5 pas

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:08, Greg Folkert escribió: > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:12, Ruben Porras wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > > following example (I've created a new use

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:05, Kevin escribiÃ: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) > > If you are not using md5 pas

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. this is the default unix behaviour. What settings do you have in pam? Especially do you use md5 passwords? Dont know why and for which debian versions it is

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Wade Richards
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:12:22PM +0100, Ruben Porras wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) This is how the "standar

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:12, Ruben Porras wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) > > $$ adduser test > Adding user tes

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Kevin
> I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) If you are not using md5 passwords will have a max length of 8 characters. If you're

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:08, Greg Folkert escribiÃ: > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:12, Ruben Porras wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > > following example (I've created a new use

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. this is the default unix behaviour. What settings do you have in pam? Especially do you use md5 passwords? Dont know why and for which debian versions it is

extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) $$ adduser test Adding user test... Adding new group test (1006). Adding new user test (1006

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Wade Richards
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:12:22PM +0100, Ruben Porras wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) This is how the "standar

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:12, Ruben Porras wrote: > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) > > $$ adduser test > Adding user tes

Re: extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Kevin
> I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) If you are not using md5 passwords will have a max length of 8 characters. If you're

extrange passwd behaviour

2003-12-04 Thread Ruben Porras
I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) $$ adduser test Adding user test... Adding new group test (1006). Adding new user test (1006